Village names new Water Dept. supervisor

The Village of Rockville Centre has appointed Kevin Reilly, P.E. as Supervisor of Water Distribution. Reilly brings extensive experience and knowledge in the water industry to Rockville Centre.

In his new role, Reilly is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Water Department, which serves over 24,000 residents.

“We welcome Kevin Reilly to the Village of Rockville Centre and his years of experience in the water industry,” said Mayor Francis X. Murray. “Kevin will play an integral role to ensuring that every resident receives the highest quality of water.”

Reilly recently served as the Superintendent of Distribution for the Suffolk County Water Authority. In his various roles at the Suffolk County Water Authority, Reilly oversaw water main installations as well as road restorations, managed rehabilitation and maintenance of elevated and ground storage water tanks and supervised daily activities for construction of water main and road restoration. The Suffolk County Water Authority serves approximately 1.2 million Suffolk County residents and is the largest groundwater supplier in the country.

Prior to his work at the Suffolk County Water Authority, Reilly was a Staff Engineer at Browne AE&T Group. He graduated from Villanova University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.

“I look forward to bringing superior service that residents have come to expect here in Rockville Centre,” said Reilly. “This department will continue to provide residents with the advantages of local ownership and operation: low cost and high reliability.”

The water quality in Rockville Centre is constantly monitored and tested to assure its purity and the entire system is flushed twice per year. In addition, the Water Department assists the annual road program by reviewing each street to see if a main upgrade is needed along with the fire hydrants.

Water in Rockville Centre is drawn from 10 wells located throughout the village that are drilled to an average depth of 540 feet. In 2014, 1.3 billion gallons of water was withdrawn from the aquifer. The Rockville Centre Water Department has four elevated tanks with a combined capacity of four million gallons and is distributed through more than 70 miles of water mains.